CRN Security News

With the launch of Traps, Palo Alto Networks looks to win multimillion dollar data center deals as an enterprise-wide security platform prevention company rather than just a next generation firewall provider.

A critical Linux bug being dubbed Shellshock is contained in a variety of systems and networking gear, and being actively targeted in the wild, and solution providers are urging IT administrators to check systems and prepare to test and deploy patches.

An analysis of the remediation effort underway to correct various vulnerabilities to the government's Healthcare.gov website found that, despite some improvements, critical weaknesses had not been properly addressed.

Microsoft for years refused to pay security researchers that found and submitted bugs, but that changed last year. Now it's expanding its scope to also pay researchers for finding glitches in Office 365.

Apple Pay could trigger a new wave of attacks against Apple devices if consumers increasingly use their smartphones for banking and shopping, say security experts monitoring the deployment of the payment system.

From a toy that was deemed a threat to national security to a refrigerator that spews out spam and phishing attacks, security researchers say some of these bizarre threats demonstrate how common security vulnerabilities can potentially cause damage and even death.

The authors of data stealing malware and phishing campaigns are frequently changing their attacks to defeat detection and expand the number of victims they net, say security experts monitoring the threat landscape.

Payment terminals that support encryption when a credit card is swiped are available and could have thwarted many of the latest breaches, say security experts, but until now most merchants have been hesitant to make the investment.

While a large group of EMC's investors continue to hope that EMC will sell parts of itself to create more clear valuation for them, EMC is likely heading in the opposite direction by considering more acquisitions, according to a top analyst.